sunset freak

i think today i saw the greatest sunset ever since i'm here in heidelberg. it was amazing. the sky was still filled with rain-carrying clouds which beautifully filtered the light, thus revealing a totally different colour palette. i am so not used to this light, and i have to admit it's one of the things i love the most here. unfortunately it rains a lot, but at least this means such shows happen pretty often. but never as it was today. shiny shades of yellow and green that i hardly ever saw. the trees on the hill were amazing, the reddish reflection from the buildings, the grayer shade of blue in the sky... i had to stop on the bridge and let me fill by this light. it's true, there is not much light here around, but sometimes it's so rich that it's worth the rareness. even looking at the ground was different, didn't even need to look at the landscape. and i was not the only one stopping, obviously. everybody was gazing, astonished. a couple of policemen even had a sudden u-turn in front of me and parked the car on the tram track (on the freaking tram tracks, for heaven's sake!) just to enjoy the sunset and shoot a couple of pictures. which kind of broke the magic of colours, but just for a moment. somebody would even say it's sweet - me, i was shocked. but just for a second. no time to think about bites of ungermanized germany when the light fair is on...